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Sumboornam Pillay
Biography
Sep 25, 2020

Sumboornam Pillay

Anti-apartheid activist, gender activist, member of the BCM, SASO, TECON, WIASA, and PETT, banned and house-arrested for...

Heritage in Time of Global Crisis, edited by Kay Jaffer and Zenariah Barends
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Sep 23, 2020

Heritage in Time of Global Crisis, edited by Kay Jaffer and Zenariah Barends

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Natures Valley, Garden Route
Place
Sep 21, 2020

Natures Valley, Garden Route

Nature's Valley, and the surrounding Coastline, was occupied by Old Stone Age or Paleolithic, 1 Million Years ago. Paleo...

Odendaalsrus, Free State
Place
Sep 21, 2020

Odendaalsrus, Free State

Having been established in 1912, this is the oldest gold mining Town in the District. The Town was a group of Farms with...

Pearston, Eastern Cape-Karoo
Place
Sep 21, 2020

Pearston, Eastern Cape-Karoo

Pearston, in common with many of the small town and villages scattered across the Great Karoo, had its origins as a pari...

Biography
Sep 21, 2020

Mary Matilda Brown

Mary Matilda Brown was born in Sea Point, Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa on 20 July 1847. She advocated for socia...

Omar Badsha: Recording the roles of the ordinary by Niren Tolsi (Mail and Guardian), 17 September 2020
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Sep 18, 2020

Omar Badsha: Recording the roles of the ordinary by Niren Tolsi (Mail and Guardian), 17 September 2020

This moment’s gaping generational divide, exacerbated by the Covid-19 pandemic, with its accompanying sense of history b...

Huguenot Memorial Museum, Franschhoek
Place
Sep 16, 2020

Huguenot Memorial Museum, Franschhoek

The story of the Huguenot Memorial Museum is quite fascinating, and lends the building and its contents a certain charm ...

Stellenbosch, Western Cape
Place
Sep 16, 2020

Stellenbosch, Western Cape

This Historic Town, is a living museum with a vibrant street Culture. A variety of soils and locations has seen Stellenb...

History Grade 10 - Topic 2 Source Based Questions
Article
Sep 15, 2020

History Grade 10 - Topic 2 Source Based Questions

European Expansion Based on the 2012 Grade 10 NSC Exemplar Paper: Grade 10 Past Exam Paper Grade 10 Sour...

History Grade 10 - Topic 2 Essay Questions
Article
Sep 15, 2020

History Grade 10 - Topic 2 Essay Questions

Impact of Slave Trade and Colonisation on Indigenous Societies at the Cape Based on the 2012 Grade 10 NSC Exem...

History Grade 10 - Topic 2 Glossary
Article
Sep 15, 2020

History Grade 10 - Topic 2 Glossary

Terms You Need to Know: Christopher Columbus arriving in the America. Image Source Abolition:  The ending o...

Postberg National Park in the West Coast National Park
Place
Sep 15, 2020

Postberg National Park in the West Coast National Park

Flower season along the West Coast takes place Annually between August and September. As the season changes, nature begi...

History Grade 10 - Topic 2 Contextual Overview
Article
Sep 15, 2020

History Grade 10 - Topic 2 Contextual Overview

This topic follows on from the previous one. Having looked at a period when it was not clear that Europe would dominate ...

Biography
Sep 14, 2020

Hettie Du Preez

leader of the Garment Workers Union, convenor of first conference of the Federation of South African Women, prominent ro...

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